PSA: Owen Griffith who died in Isle of Wight, VA in 1698 was most assuredly NOT the son of John Griffith and Jane Owen of Lynn, Carnavan, Wales
This might not be directly relevant to anyone currently on this subreddit, but I have seen so many trees that perpetuate this error that I wanted to make a quick PSA so that it might appear to future researchers on Google searches.
Many people have connected Owen Griffith who died in Isle of Wight, VA in 1698 to John Griffith and Jane Owen of Lynn, Caernarvon, Wales. Of those few trees who cite a source for this, many of them are citing to page 260 of "Historical Southern Families: Volume VI" by John Bennet Boddie. This page purports to be a reproduction of a chart (apologies for the Ancestry link) for the Griffith Family from the "Visitation of London 1634 page 332." Boddie's chart lists 3 children for John Griffith and Jane Owen, including "Owen Griffith second son came to Isle of Wight Will dated 7/15/1698" For obvious reasons I was suspicious about this chart since a chart made based upon the 1634 Visitation couldn't possibly know about a 1698 will. Since the original source would be better than any reproduction, I set about locating this chart. Having located the "Visitation of London 1634" I saw that page 332 bear no such Griffith chart. This made me more suspicious, but I decided to look through the surrounding pages and found this chart on page 334. Perhaps Boddie simply made an error, one might say. However, if you look at this original chart, John Giffith and Jane Owen's second son's entry simply reads "Owen Griffith 2 sonn." At this point it was quite clear that Mr. Boddie had taken this chart and asserted that the Owen Griffith in VA was this same gentleman, but that he had provided no real evidence to support that assertion. I then decided to Google the names involved and see if anything came up, and there were a few people who alleged that the Archives in Wales said that John and Jane's son died in 1671, but nobody was providing any real sources for that information. The National Library of Wales has a biographical entry for various members of the Griffith family, including John Griffith II, solicitor. His entry states, in part, "His
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TIL about the attempt to colonize Panama by Scotland in 1698. An utter failure, 20% of the wealth of Scotland was lost in addition to the deaths of thousands of colonists.
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The Tusculum portrait is the only confirmed, surviving portrait of Caesar made in his lifetime. The bust is noted most for its accurate depiction of Caesar, such as the deformity of the head's shape. [ 1117 Γ 1698]
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A street in Bologna, Italy, early 1960s [1698 x 1191]
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Once Upon a Time⦠in Hollywood (2019) [1359 x 1698]
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Sweeting Street was originally called Elbow Lane, but was changed to commemorate Thomas Sweeting, Mayor of Liverpool in 1698. Sweeting became important to the Corporation after loaning them Β£600 for a legal battle between Liverpool and Cheshire regarding cheese!
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︎ Oct 26 2019
TIL that As part of a set of sweeping reforms designed to modernise his empire, Tsar Peter I of Russia implemented a tax on beards in 1698.
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Christiaan Huygens, the Hague 1629-1695. Astronomer, discoverer of Saturn's rings and moon Titan. Discovered the wave nature of light(Huygensprinciple). Wrote about life on other planets in his Kosmotheoros published 1698. Inventor of the pendulum clock.
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Sweeting Street, Liverpool. Originally Elbow Lane. Named after Alderman Sweeting, Mayor in 1698
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Found this stained glass at Goodwill today. There is a plaque that reads, βWhitehall - 1991 βBreakinβ Even Beats A Lossβ. Does anyone have any further information? Was there an auction that sold off broken bits & pieces from Whitehall in London? I know that there was a destructive fire in 1698.
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Scotland attempts to establish a colony in Caledonia (1698)
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John Sheldon House, Deerfield, Massachusetts / built circa 1698, survived the 1704 attack on Deerfield during King Phillips War when about half of the village was burned / dismantled in 1848 with several fragments preserved in collection of Memorial Hall in Deerfield.
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Add me 4790 0381 1698 (bio in comments)
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︎ Oct 24 2019
FrantiΕ‘ek JirΓ‘nek (1698-1778) Concerto in g minor for bassoon and strings
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︎ Jun 13 2019
Dutch Christiaan Huygens 1629, underratedscientist, astronomer, inventor of pendulum clock, wave nature of light, discoverer of Titan, explained Saturns rings. First wrote about Aliens in his 1698 masterpiece: Cosmotheoros.
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︎ Mar 12 2017
I've lost 17 games in a row. What gives? Anyone else have this problem ever? 1698 -> 1558
https://www.chess.com/members/view/5tk18#games
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︎ Aug 26 2016
ZdzisΕaw BeksiΕski - Untitled (1984) [1698 x 1785]
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Russian Tsar Peter the Great in London as Part of his Grand Embassy (1698)
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︎ Feb 20 2018
"Plan particulier de Barcelonne" de l'any 1698
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︎ Feb 24 2020
To Buy or Not Buy - 75X900F @ $1698
Have offer via Greentoe for the 75X900F. That's $100 less than Amazon, but $100 more than around BF pricing.
Any thoughts if I should snap this up now or wait with fingers crossed for a Super Bowl deal on these units?
Thanks in advance.
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︎ Jan 02 2020
Global trade still hasn't spawned and it's 1698. Anybody know why?
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︎ Oct 06 2019
[Jan. 25 to Jan. 31] Weekly positivity threadβWhat are some of the good things happening in your life? What helps you feel better? PLUS: LOCKDOWN SKEPTICISM POETRY CONTEST
Last week's positivity thread had 521 comments -- a new record. This thread gives hope to a lot of our members, so keep those comments coming. And there's no rule saying you can't comment more than once (or five times) on each thread.
Also: come and participate in our first LOCKDOWN SKEPTICISM POETRY CONTEST -- a seriously unserious event. For details, see the pinned comment under this post.
Edited to add: Two days in, we have about 30 individual entries. Keep 'em coming!
What good things have gone down in your life recently? Any interesting plans for this week? Any news items that give you hope? Feel free to join the poetry contest for some extra fun.
This is a No Doomβ’ zone
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11-06 16:23 - 'Male lions seen having sex 'only did it after witnessing gay people have sex in park', Kenya' (metro.co.uk) by /u/georglukacs removed from /r/worldnews within 1698-1708min
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Gene does 1698 damage if all the pellets land but a direct shot will do 1700. Mildly infuriating
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︎ Feb 02 2020
"Plan particulier de Barcelonne" de l'any 1698
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Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. Het Oude Kerkhof, Roermond, the Netherlands, 1888 [1280 x 1698]
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︎ Sep 18 2019
Rare Hennepin 1698 with a pair of the earliest engravings of Texas, and the large map.
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Giacomo Ceruti (1698β1767) - Lobster, Fish, & Shellfish
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Izmir, 1698
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Gomphrenas [2264 x 1698]
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1590 map of the Black Sea region [2046 x 1698]
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︎ Apr 17 2020
I formed that other Roman Empire (1698, colorized)
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︎ Jan 26 2019
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︎ Apr 23 2020
"Plan particulier de Barcelonne" de l'any 1698
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